Tag: Motivational Quotes

Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Amongst other things, Franklin was a leading author, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. He was a major figure in physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As inventor, Franklin is known for the lightning rod, bifocals and the Franklin stove. He facilitated many civic organizations and became a successful newspaper editor and printer in Philadelphia. Franklin also played a major role in establishing the Univerisity of Pennsylvania and was elected the first president of the American Philosophical Society. He became one of the most prominent abolitionist and freed his own slaves toward the end of his life.

Eleanor Roosevelt was an American politician, diplomat and activist. She served as First Lady of the United States from March 1933 to April 1945 during her husband, President Franklin D Roosevelt’s four terms in office. She also served as a United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952. Eleanor Roosevelt was a controversial First Lady due to her outspokenness, particularly her stance on racial issues. She was the first presidential spouse to hold press conferences, write a syndicated newspaper column, and speak at a national convention. She also advocated for expanded roles for women in the workplace. By the time of her death, Eleanor Roosevelt was regarded as one of the most esteemed women in the world.

“Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“What you don’t do can be a destructive force.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“You must do the things you think you cannot do.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ ”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

Helen Keller was an American born author, political activist and lecturer. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a bachelors of arts degree. Keller was a prolific author and was outspoken on her convictions. She was a member of the Socialist Party of America and the Industrial Workers of the World. Helen Keller was inducted into the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame in 1971 and was one of twelve inaugural inductees to the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame.

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.”
– Helen Keller

“Life is either a great adventure or nothing.”
– Helen Keller

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”
– Helen Keller

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.”
– Helen Keller

“The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.”
– Helen Keller

“I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.”
– Helen Keller

“We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.”
– Helen Keller

“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”
– Helen Keller

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”
– Helen Keller

“People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.”
– Helen Keller

“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.”
– Helen Keller

“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.”
– Helen Keller

“Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves – and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.”
– Helen Keller

“Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.”
– Helen Keller

“The highest result of education is tolerance.”
– Helen Keller

“While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.”
– Helen Keller

“The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.”
– Helen Keller

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
– Helen Keller

“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”
– Helen Keller

“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.”
– Helen Keller

“All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.”
– Helen Keller

“What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.”
– Helen Keller

“No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.”
– Helen Keller

C.S. Lewis was a British novelist, poet, academic, lay theologian, lecturer and Christian apologist. He held academic positions at both Oxford University and Cambridge University. Lewis is best known for fictional works such as The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian Apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold millions of copies.

We have put together a collection of quotes from C.S. Lewis, which you can use to motivate and build your team:

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
– C.S. Lewis

“We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.”
– C.S. Lewis

“Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.”
– C.S. Lewis

“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.”
– C.S. Lewis

“The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.”
– C.S. Lewis

Thomas Edison was an inventor and businessman responsible for developing many devices that greatly influenced life around the world. Some of his most famous inventions include the phonograph, the motion picture camera and the electric light bulb. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention. Edison was a prolific inventor with over a thousand patents in America alone. His inventions made an immense contribution to mass communication and to the telecommunications industry in particular. He also developed a system of electric-power generation and distribution to homes, businesses and factories.

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
– Thomas Edison

“What you are will show in what you do.”
– Thomas Edison

“Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That’s not the place to become discouraged.”
– Thomas Edison

“There is no substitute for hard work.”
– Thomas Edison

“The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.”
– Thomas Edison

“When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.”
– Thomas Edison

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
– Thomas Edison

“Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.”
– Thomas Edison

“There’s a way to do it better – find it.”
– Thomas Edison

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
– Thomas Edison

“I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.”
– Thomas Edison

Walt Disney was an American entrepreneur, cartoonist, animator, voice actor, and film producer. He is regarded as a cultural icon throughout the world. Walt Disney was a prominent figure within the American animation industry, known for his influence and contributions to entertainment during the 20th century. Together with his brother he was cofounder of The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney won 22 Academy Awards and four honorary Academy Awards from a total of 59 nominations. When he passed away at age 65, Walt Disney left behind a vast legacy, including numerous animated shorts and feature films, theme parks and an animation studio that bears his name.

“I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.”
– Walt Disney

“When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.”
– Walt Disney

“Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.”
– Walt Disney

“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
– Walt Disney

“We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.”
– Walt Disney

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”
– Walt Disney

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
– Walt Disney

“Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.”
– Walt Disney

“You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.”
– Walt Disney

“You reach a point where you don’t work for money.”
– Walt Disney

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
– Walt Disney

“All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”
– Walt Disney

“I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.”
– Walt Disney

“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.”
– Walt Disney

“Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.”
– Walt Disney

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity, which is one of the pillars of modern physics. Einstein received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his services to theoretical physics, in particular his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect. Einstein published 150 non-scientific works along with his more than 300 scientific papers. In modern day languages the word “Einstein” is synonymous with “genius”, which is a remarkable tribute to his intellectual achievements.

Henry Ford was an American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company. He was also the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. Ford developed and manufactured the first affordable automobile. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation. Ford had a global vision which had consumerism as the key to peace. His commitment to lowering costs resulted in many technical and business innovations.

“Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.”
– Henry Ford

“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”
– Henry Ford

“If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.”
– Henry Ford

“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.”
– Henry Ford

“There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.”
– Henry Ford

“Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.”
– Henry Ford

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
– Henry Ford

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
– Henry Ford

“It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.”
– Henry Ford

“The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.”
– Henry Ford

“If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.”
– Henry Ford

“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.”
– Henry Ford

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” – Henry Ford “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”
– Henry Ford

“If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.”
– Henry Ford

Dale Carnegie was an American author and lecturer. He was also a developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking and interpersonal skills. He was the author of popular books such as How to Win Friends and Influence People, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, Lincoln the Unknown and several other books. His books are mostly centered on the concept that it is possible to change other people’s behavior by changing one’s behavior toward them.

The following are some quotes from Dale Carnegie that you can use to build your team.

“Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.”
– Dale Carnegie

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”
– Dale Carnegie

“You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.”
– Dale Carnegie

“Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.”
– Dale Carnegie

“The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another’s keeping.”
– Dale Carnegie

“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.”
– Dale Carnegie

“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.”
– Dale Carnegie

“The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.”
– Dale Carnegie

“Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.”
– Dale Carnegie

“If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.”
– Dale Carnegie

“If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.”
– Dale Carnegie

“Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.”
– Dale Carnegie

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”
– Dale Carnegie

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
– Dale Carnegie

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
– Dale Carnegie

“Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.”
– Dale Carnegie

“Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.”
– Dale Carnegie

“You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.”
– Dale Carnegie

Myles Munroe founded and led the Bahamas Faith Ministries International and Myles Munroe International. He was chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the International Third World Leaders Association and president of the International Leadership Training Institute. Myles Munroe was the author and co-author of numerous books and Biblical-related study guides. Munroe died with his wife and seven others in a private plane crash on 9 November 2014.

We bring tribute to this great leader by featuring some of his quotes that you can use to motivate your team:

“The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.”
― Myles Munroe

“Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions.”
― Myles Munroe

“When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable”
― Myles Munroe

“People generally fall into one of three groups: the few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, and the overwhelming majority who have no notion of what happens. Every person is either a creator of fact or a creature of circumstance. He either puts color into his environment, or, like a chameleon, takes color from his environment.”
― Myles Munroe

“Friendship is not a gift, but is the result of hard work.”
― Myles Munroe

“Reputation is what others think about you. Character is the truth about you. Reputation is what you are in public. Character is what you are in private.”
― Myles Munroe

“We manifest character when self-sacrifice for the sake of our principles becomes more important than compromise for the sake of popularity.”
― Myles Munroe

“We are a sum total of what we have learned from all who have taught us, both great and small.”
― Myles Munroe

“Leadership does not mean being bossy, always telling others what to do. No, leadership means going ahead, not putting others in the front. Good leaders lead by example, not by decree.”
― Myles Munroe

“You must decide if you are going to rob the world or bless it with the rich, valuable, potent, untapped resources locked away within you.”
― Myles Munroe

“The wealthiest places in the world are not gold mines, oil fields, diamond mines or banks. The wealthiest place is the cemetery. There lies companies that were never started, masterpieces that were never painted… In the cemetery there is buried the greatest treasure of untapped potential. There is a treasure within you that must come out. Don’t go to the grave with your treasure still within YOU.”
― Myles Munroe

“One of the greatest tragedies in life is to watch potential die untapped.”
― Myles Munroe

“…success is not a comparison of what we have done with what others have done.”
― Myles Munroe